More than 10% of older adults develop somatic (non-inherited) mutations in blood stem cells that can trigger explosive, clonal expansions of abnormal cells, increasing the risk for blood cancer and cardiovascular disease.
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Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine and University ...
Jan 27, 2023
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New research from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine has identified 45 genes whose gene expression is associated with body mass index (BMI), many of which have ...
Jan 18, 2023
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A new study by the University of Coimbra, published in Nutrients, has revealed that caffeine, polyphenols, and other natural products found in coffee may help reduce the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ...
Jan 12, 2023
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Ten years later, a group of veterans still struggle daily with the effects of their deployment to Afghanistan. Sanne van der Wal, a Ph.D. candidate at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), conducted research into the ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Compared to men, we know much less about how women experience disease.
Dec 12, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease has always had its puzzles and contradictions. For Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researcher Vladislav Petyuk, whose research on the progressive, age-related disease spans over a decade, ...
Nov 30, 2022
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A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University compared wastewater monitoring and two other COVID-19 surveillance approaches in Raleigh, N.C., during the start of the pandemic. They found that wastewater and ...
Nov 14, 2022
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A study involving researchers from the University of Liverpool describes how transposable elements are associated with Parkinson's subtypes and impact disease trajectory.
Nov 9, 2022
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A national platform for diagnostic laboratories to share genetic evidence and build consistent interpretations of that information is paving the way for more accurate diagnosis of patient conditions.
Nov 4, 2022
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